Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, died 53 years ago. But still he is alive in social and political fields of India. It is but natural. It is the outcome of achievements which Sardar Patel acquired for the nation and the society. On one hand, he is considerd to be a practical person like Mahatma Gandhi, while on the other; he has a status of a leading figure with real and effective thinking among his contemporaries. He was a man with practical approach to problems. Sardar Patel merged 554 oddly scattered princely states with the Indian Union through a proper and efficient way in a short span of time. It was not an easy task. It was indeed a great job. In the entire history of India the task of such kind of solidarity had never been done before. After independence, besides creating political unity of India, Sardar Patel played vital role in the Constituent Assembly; he handled the serious problems pertaining to accession, law and order, exchange of population, and made arrangements for rehabilitation of crores of refugees. To make the bureaucracy fully responsible Vallabhbhai raised two servicesIndian Administrative and Indian Police Service. All these works of Sardar Patel were so great and unique that no person can accomplish them in his one lifetime. However Vallabhbhai accomplished them. It is also true that a person like him is born once in thousands of years. This volume contains articles of renowned persons form India and some other countries of the world like Manohar Joshi, Yogendra Narayan, Mehboob Desai, Paitoon Patyaiying, B.J. Patel, Shankar Singh Vaghela, Makrand Mehta, Shirin Mehta, Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt, S. V. De Paul, V.B. Pant, J.N. Chaturvedi, P.P. Rao, Karin Preisendanz etc., who, through at their contributions, have dealt with various facets of life and work of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who was the maker of United India.
Dr. Ravindra Kumar, is a universally renowned Scholar, Writer and Indologist. He served the CCS University of Meerut [India] as its ViceChancellor. He has been associated with a number of academic, cultural, educational, peace and social organizations/institutions in India and abroad. He has 100 works and more than 200 papers to his credit. Some of his wellknown works include Theory and Practice of Gandhian NonViolence, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Comrade Mao TseTung: A Comparative Study With Reference to Peasantry, Peace: The Essence of All Religion, Morality and Ethics in Public Life, Five Thousand Years of Indian Culture, From Champaran to Quit India Movement and For Peace and Prosperity. Dr. Ravindra Kumar is the Founder and EditorinChief of Global PeaceInternational Journal. He has visited more than two dozen countries of Asia, Europe and Oceania as the Visiting Professor and Scholar. The recipient of honours like ShaneKaum and Shantiddot Dr. Kumar was also awarded Padma Shri by H.E. the President of India in 2001 for his noteworthy services.
